Catholic Studies and Social Thought Interdisciplinary Minor

Administrative OfficeKalmanovitz Hall, Room 248Phone: (415) 422-5706Fax: (415) 422-2206Email: lanecenter@usfca.eduWebsite:Catholic Studies & Social ThoughtVincent Pizzuto, DirectorThe
Minor in Catholic Studies and Social Thought is conceived as a Catholic
interdisciplinary engagement between/among forms of Catholic social
thought as expressed in social theory, the Catholic socio-cultural
imaginary, and the Roman Catholic magisterial discourse on society. In
disciplinary terms, the curriculum is divided into three areas of
study: 1) History and Society; 2) Theology and Philosophy; 3) Culture
and Aesthetics.

Required Core Course:

Electives

The
Minor requires 12 credits of electives as listed below. Ordinarily,
students will complete one course in each of the three areas of study.
This area-coverage requirement may be waived by the student's Capstone
adviser, in consultation with the Catholic Studies faculty director,
where students show interest and capacity for profitable research on a
particular theme with an eye to the Capstone.

The Capstone

All
students in the Minor must successfully complete a Capstone course (4
credits), including a Capstone thesis project, ordinarily a 25-40 page
paper. In preparing for the Capstone, the student selects a course that
will be the "wrapper" for her/his Capstone project. The course must
come from one of the electives.